THE CAMBRIDGE SYSTEM. Summer Races (1866).
Exercise. |Run 100 or 200 yards as |"The old system of running a | fast as possible. | mile or so before breakfast is | | fast going out, except | | in the case of men who | | want to get a good deal of | | flesh off."
Breakfast, 8.30. |Meat, beef or mutton. |Toast, dry. |Tea, two cups, or towards the end of training a |cup and a half only. Watercresses occasionally.
Dinner about 2 P.M. |Meat, beef or mutton. | |Bread. | |Vegetables--potatoes, |Some colleges have baked apples, |greens |or jellies, or rice puddings. |Beer, one pint. | |Dessert--oranges, or | | biscuits, or figs; | | wine, two glasses. |
Exercise. |About 5.30 start for the river, | "Most men get out for a | and row to the starting-post | little time before | and back | rowing back."
|Meat, cold. Supper about 8.30 |Bread. or 9. |Vegetables--lettuce or watercresses. Bed at 10. |Beer, one pint.
Exercise. A country walk of four or five miles.
|Meat, chop or Breakfast, 8. |Couple of eggs. |Bread. |Tea. ("We never drink coffee.")
Exercise. |Rest for half an hour, and then a brisk walk | or run. If morning exercise has not been heavy, | a row on the river, terminating about 11 A.M.
Dinner, 12 M. |Meat, beef or mutton (broiled). |Egg pudding, with currants in it if desired, or other light | farinaceous pudding. |Ale, one glass. |Wine, one glass (port), or |Ale, two glasses, without wine.
Exercise. |Rest for an hour, and then on the river again for a hard row. | "Rowing exercise should be taken twice every day."
Tea. |"Tea, with toasted bread sparingly buttered, with one egg | only--more has a tendency to choke the system."
Supper. |Not recommended. When taken, to consist of new milk and | bread, or gruel, with raisins and currants and a glass | of port wine in it.
Rise at 6 A.M., | Cold bath and rub down. or earlier in the summer. |
Exercise. | Sharp walk about a mile out, and run home; or a | row of a couple of miles at three-parts speed. | A dry rub-down.
Breakfast (time not stated). | Meat, mutton-chop or steak (broiled). | Bread, stale or toast. | Tea, half a pint.
Dinner, 2 P.M. | Meat (as at breakfast). | Vegetables, none; "except a mealy potato." | Bread, stale. | Beer, one pint.